DIRECTION OF TRADE
	for the periods indicated
	in million U.S. dollars
																																			January-March
			2000					2001				2002			2003					2004				2005				2006				2007 p/			2008 p/				2007 p/
	Country		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT		Export	Import	BOT
	T O T A L		38078	34491	3587		32150	33057	-907		35208	39237	-4029		36231	40471	-4239		39681	44039	-4359		41255	47418	-6163		47410	51774	-4364		50271	55317	-5046		12536	14605	-2069		12182	11971	211
	NORTH AMERICA		11993	6659	5334		9424	6710	2713		9363	9635	-272		7693	9238	-1545		7503	8546	-1042		7808	9364	-1556		9119	8719	401		9006	8242	763		2186	2214	-27		2131	2025	107
	Canada		343	221	122		282	272	10		378	266	112		319	231	88		281	254	27		265	235	30		286	238	48		258	264	-6		60	100	-41		65	72	-6
	USA (Inc. Hawaii & Alaska)		11365	6411	4954		8979	6411	2569		8683	9346	-663		7263	8989	-1726		7088	8270	-1182		7418	9096	-1679		8690	8437	253		8587	7916	672		2089	2095	-5		2023	1943	81
	Others		285	27	258		163	27	135		302	24	278		111	18	93		134	21	113		125	32	93		144	43	100		160	63	98		37	19	18		43	10	32
	EUROPE		6991	3716	3275		6349	3532	2817		6567	3804	2763		6088	4086	2002		6895	4570	2325		7122	4481	2641		8884	5012	3872		8738	5618	3120		2297	1249	1048		2043	1453	590
	European Union		6823	3130	3693		6194	3024	3170		6364	3145	3219		5880	3285	2595		6512	3619	2894		6775	3636	3139		8548	4287	4261		8353	4933	3420		2201	1101	1100		1971	1303	668
	France		295	369	-74		252	296	-44		251	318	-68		216	297	-81		185	357	-171		187	398	-211		215	336	-121		265	365	-100		65	170	-105		65	79	-13
	Fed. Rep of Germany		1329	771	558		1323	792	531		1386	817	569		1219	1036	182		1436	1196	240		1349	1131	218		1781	1368	413		2139	1258	881		663	265	398		511	354	157
	Finland		25	375	-350		30	351	-321		24	99	-75		29	182	-153		45	136	-91		40	83	-43		46	125	-78		80	156	-77		18	35	-17		11	40	-29
	Italy		172	175	-2		135	146	-11		107	166	-59		125	159	-34		125	154	-29		166	179	-12		198	165	34		203	205	-2		65	50	15		39	37	2
	Netherlands		2982	325	2657		2976	246	2730		3055	237	2818		2922	318	2604		3583	390	3193		4033	407	3625		4769	409	4360		4149	468	3681		962	137	826		936	110	826
	Sweden		58	115	-57		22	117	-95		18	97	-79		18	92	-73		13	145	-132		15	103	-88		27	123	-96		26	125	-99		7	41	-34		4	27	-22
	United Kingdom		1506	368	1139		997	462	535		946	483	463		695	479	216		555	449	106		437	393	44		484	366	118		478	351	127		125	100	25		142	99	43
	Others 1/		456	632	-177		459	614	-155		577	928	-351		656	722	-66		570	792	-222		548	942	-394		1026	1395	-368		1014	2004	-990		296	304	-8		262	558	-296
	Romania		0	1	0		1	6	-5		2	9	-7		3	2	1		4	0	3		6	1	5		5	1	4		6	1	5		2	0	1		1	0	1
	Switzerland		50	216	-166		40	126	-86		30	181	-152		23	244	-221		26	379	-353		28	288	-261		33	256	-223		38	253	-215		11	76	-65		10	44	-34
	Russian Federation		4	238	-234		14	227	-214		11	306	-295		14	345	-331		19	378	-359		36	354	-317		24	205	-181		26	108	-82		6	16	-10		7	23	-16
	Others		113	132	-18		100	149	-48		161	162	-2		168	210	-41		335	195	140		277	203	75		274	263	11		315	324	-8		77	57	21		55	83	-28
									0				0				8
	ASIA		18298	19108	-810		15683	18395	-2712		18480	22076	-3597		21535	23033	-1497		24092	26693	-2601		25209	28074	-2865		28075	31052	-2976		30804	33650	-2846		7715	8735	-1020		7628	7269	359
	Japan		5606	6511	-905		5054	6633	-1579		5292	7551	-2259		5766	7860	-2094		7981	7674	307		7205	8071	-866		7916	7270	646		7290	6605	685		1990	1689	301		1767	1450	317
	China People's Rep.		663	786	-123		793	975	-182		1356	1257	99		2145	1815	329		2653	2659	-6		4077	2973	1104		4628	3647	980		5716	4030	1685		1461	1032	428		1436	887	548
	NIES		9065	8576	489		7059	7459	-400		8654	9161	-507		9331	8965	366		9117	11114	-1998		9327	11500	-2173		10644	13819	-3175		12581	15833	-3252		3001	4146	-1145		3245	3458	-213
	Hongkong		1907	1243	665		1580	1335	245		2359	1601	757		3094	1622	1472		3146	1739	1407		3341	1929	1412		3706	2096	1610		5802	2177	3626		1322	486	836		1511	457	1054
	Korea, South		1173	2754	-1582		1044	2082	-1037		1339	2999	-1661		1314	2576	-1263		1113	2740	-1628		1391	2294	-903		1423	3200	-1777		1783	3309	-1526		528	787	-259		416	786	-370
	Singapore		3124	2325	800		2308	2073	235		2472	2526	-54		2431	2737	-306		2631	3421	-790		2707	3727	-1021		3505	4379	-874		3127	6264	-3137		692	1686	-994		740	1369	-629
	China, Rep of (Taiwan)		2861	2255	607		2127	1970	158		2485	2034	451		2492	2030	463		2228	3214	-986		1888	3549	-1661		2010	4145	-2135		1869	4083	-2214		459	1187	-729		579	846	-268
	South East Asia		2856	3038	-182		2675	3048	-373		3050	3652	-602		4144	4065	79		4202	4934	-732		4435	5145	-710		4679	5839	-1160		4879	6628	-1749		1192	1708	-516		1124	1341	-217
	Indonesia		183	693	-510		133	760	-627		205	765	-560		296	829	-534		376	936	-560		476	1003	-526		364	987	-623		522	1249	-727		149	258	-109		104	285	-181
	Malaysia		1377	1307	70		1112	1080	32		1653	1491	162		2463	1500	962		2070	1981	89		2459	1779	680		2621	2102	519		2504	2297	207		541	647	-106		579	489	90
	Thailand		1206	879	328		1358	925	433		1083	1090	-6		1234	1429	-195		1064	1572	-509		1169	1583	-414		1325	2075	-751		1403	2238	-835		369	586	-217		346	454	-108
	Brunei Darussalam		4	0	4		4	0	4		3	24	-21		3	1	2		4	0	4		9	1	8		6	0	6		6	0	6		1	0	1		1	0	1
	South Asia 2/		96	195	-99		94	276	-182		112	451	-339		136	324	-188		125	307	-181		149	382	-233		191	470	-279		315	548	-233		65	157	-92		52	129	-77
	India		64	167	-103		71	248	-177		89	429	-339		102	304	-202		89	283	-194		86	344	-258		120	400	-279		244	492	-248		47	139	-92		37	119	-82
	Bangladesh		15	2	13		8	10	-2		6	0	6		10	0	10		7	3	3		19	4	15		31	18	14		23	5	18		9	1	7		4	1	3
	Nepal		1	0	1		0	0	0		1	0	0		2	0	2		1	0	1		0	0	0		0	1	0		1	2	-1		0	3	-3		1	0	1
	Pakistan		8	24	-16		8	15	-7		8	17	-9		13	12	1		20	14	6		32	25	7		29	42	-14		39	43	-4		7	12	-5		8	7	1
	Sri Lanka		8	3	5		7	3	4		8	5	3		9	7	2		8	6	2		12	9	3		10	10	0		8	6	2		2	1	0		2	2	0
	Others		12	2	10		8	4	4		16	4	12		14	4	10		13	5	8		16	3	13		17	6	11		22	5	16		6	2	3		3	3	0
	OCEANIA		347	1023	-676		263	951	-688		393	832	-439		462	840	-378		553	936	-383		527	941	-414		600	1081	-482		792	1222	-430		118	437	-319		164	250	-86
	Australia		309	817	-508		225	645	-420		356	576	-220		407	492	-85		482	579	-98		455	531	-76		488	618	-130		528	721	-193		87	244	-157		82	128	-46
	New Zealand		19	171	-152		19	228	-209		21	222	-201		36	256	-220		38	273	-235		39	276	-237		53	273	-220		114	360	-246		9	147	-138		32	79	-47
	Pacific Island 3/		3	30	-27		4	73	-69		3	24	-22		3	85	-82		10	76	-66		8	126	-117		9	183	-173		24	136	-112		6	43	-37		10	42	-32
	Others		16	4	12		15	5	10		13	10	3		16	7	9		23	7	16		25	8	17		49	7	42		125	5	120		16	3	13		41	1	39
	MIDDLE EAST		195	3636	-3441		199	3083	-2884		190	2432	-2241		218	2746	-2528		249	2611	-2362		279	3886	-3606		376	5220	-4844		505	5663	-5157		132	1724	-1592		112	793	-681
	Iran		0	796	-795		2	758	-756		2	433	-431		13	593	-580		34	847	-813		40	1004	-964		69	1664	-1595		94	190	-96		19	61	-41		21	4	18
	Iraq		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
	Kuwait		9	12	-3		12	15	-3		11	49	-37		15	10	6		15	13	2		20	18	3		30	43	-14		29	59	-31		7	13	-6		6	16	-10
	Saudi Arabia		31	1048	-1017		33	887	-854		42	1000	-958		41	1198	-1157		39	1274	-1235		39	2182	-2143		50	2935	-2885		67	3554	-3488		19	1276	-1257		12	459	-447
	UAE (Incl.Abu Dhabi)		79	877	-798		97	606	-509		97	368	-272		103	477	-375		107	100	6		118	216	-98		165	347	-182		203	1278	-1075		52	280	-228		49	222	-173
	Others		75	902	-828		55	818	-762		38	581	-543		46	468	-422		54	376	-322		62	466	-404		62	231	-169		113	581	-468		35	94	-60		23	93	-70
	OTHERS		255	350	-95		232	385	-153		215	457	-242		235	527	-292		389	684	-295		309	673	-364		356	690	-334		426	922	-495		88	247	-159		103	181	-78
	Central America		107	31	76		87	59	27		77	33	44		67	43	24		167	31	135		83	74	9		78	103	-26		67	86	-19		11	22	-12		12	18	-6
	South America		78	231	-154		75	256	-181		58	343	-284		50	435	-385		97	594	-497		127	530	-404		145	526	-381		160	769	-609		32	209	-177		47	146	-99
	Brazil		46	106	-59		37	93	-56		35	127	-92		24	146	-122		23	231	-208		76	222	-146		76	218	-141		76	304	-228		13	95	-81		26	44	-18
	Africa		54	86	-32		58	70	-11		66	79	-13		101	48	53		97	57	40		79	68	12		119	61	58		183	66	117		41	16	25		40	17	22
	Others		16	1	15		13	1	12		13	2	11		17	1	16		28	2	26		20	1	19		15	0	14		17	1	16		4	0	4		5	0	4
	* Note:  Starting 1992, European Community in the old series was expanded to include Finland, Sweden, and
	Austria and now known as European Union
	Note: Based on concept and coverage of Foreign Trade Statistics generated by the National Statistics Office .
	1/  Comprising Austria,  Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, and Greece
	2/ Comprising Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
	3/ Comprising Fiji Island, Papua Territory (New Guinea), Solomon Island, Tonga Island, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) & Western Samoa
	a/  Adjusted to exclude the value of aircraft amounting to US$147 million procured under operational lease arrangement
	a/  Adjusted to exclude the value of aircraft amounting to US$542 million procured under operational lease arrangement
	b/  Adjusted to exclude the value of aircraft amounting to US$45 million procured under operational lease arrangement while of the US$1110 million
	of aircraft imported under capital lease arrangement, only US$644 million were accounted for in the NSO figure, thus, US$466 million have to be added to imports
	c/  Adjusted to exclude the value of aircraft amounting to US$136 million procured under operational lease arrangement
	p/ Preliminary
	r/ Revised as of 26 February 2008.
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)